Bayern to play Barcelona in Champions League group stage, Man City to meet Dortmund
ISTANBUL: Bayern Munich were placed in the same section as Robert Lewandowski’s Barcelona in Thursday’s draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage in Istanbul.
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Bayern to play Barcelona in Champions League, Liverpool face Ajax
Bayern Munich were placed in the same section as Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona in Thursday's draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage in Istanbul, while Erling Haaland will face his former club as Manchester City were paired with Borussia Dortmund. Bayern and Barcelona will also come up against Inter Milan in Group C, which is completed by the Czech champions Viktoria Plzen. Bayern beat Barcelona 8-2 in a one-off quarter-final in Lisbon in 2020, while the Catalans also lost 3-0 twice to the Germans last season as they were eliminated in the group stage.
Champions League draw: Who is playing who in this year's competition?
Holders Real Madrid have been drawn against Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League.
Kerr-Barlow's potential Wallabies move 'doesn't feel right', says All Blacks coach
New Zealand coach Ian Foster said Thursday "it doesn't feel right" that former All Black Tawera Kerr-Barlow could play for Australia and become the first player to switch between tier-one nations in more than 20 years.
Carabao Cup: Evan Ferguson on target in Brighton victory
Evan Ferguson scored his first senior goal for Brighton and Hove Albion as they dispatched Forest Green Rovers 3-0 in the Carabao Cup second round.
'My legs were almost too good' – Fred Wright gutted after another near-miss at La Vuelta 2022
Fred Wright’s wait for a breakthrough win goes on after another near-miss on Stage 5 at La Vuelta, with the Brit claiming his legs were “almost too good” as he bemoaned his poor luck. Wright (Bahrain Victorious) was part of an 18-strong breakaway on the run from Irun to Bilbao, with the group later joined by Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) before being slowly whittled down as the stage progressed. Ad With the day certain to go to the break, he later looked best-placed to take a first Grand Tour victory when two chase groups came together and had lone escapee Soler in their sights in the final kilometre.
Olatunde overjoyed by Munich show but not surprised
Eight days after his glorious evening in the famous old Olympic Stadium in Munich, Israel Olatunde is back to the more humdrum matters of his KPMG internship, of which he is in the closing days before heading on to UCD.
La Vuelta 2022: Marc Soler powers to Stage 5 win to end Spanish drought, Rudy Molard takes red from Primoz Roglic
Spain’s Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) showcased his never-say-die spirit with a yo-yoing ride to secure the host nation’s first stage win on any Grand Tour for almost two years. Not only did Soler have to bridge over to a large breakaway on the first of five categorised climbs, but the 28-year-old livewire had to battle back after being dropped on the second ascent of the Puerto del Vivero before soloing to the second Vuelta stage win of his career.